Thursday 12th November 2009

[bnelly]

Lovely FEB 08 RyJ Short Churchill - loads of nutty flavours, including walnuts

[whisky77]

Nice little ERDM Choix Supreme this morning.Very nice now they have had time to settle.

[cohibaIV]

As soon as I get off this bloody train - Home, then I will be pouring me a very large rum over ice and a R&J Churchill....

Can't WAIT!!

[Masterdj]

A Partagas SPN2 this evening...

[Lee Nub]

Perdomo Lot 23, god is this good. Its like chewing a chocolate bar. I think I'm gonner have to get a box of these soon

[HabanoSy]

A Vegas Robaina Clasicos for me this evening...

Cheers, HabanoSy

[cigarsmoke]

A Drew Estate La Vieja Habana Churchill. Smooth with a peppery/ spicy hint to it.

[Kdot]

Trini Ingenios, really digging these at the moment

[Monkey]

HDM Epicure 2. First from a box dated march 08. Really nice, light coffee and cocoa, with a hint of cinnamon in there. Very easy going.

[ACMCC]

Had an epi 1 earlier in the evening... very nice, then had a SPB, very creamy smoke, with a little spice in the second half, would recommend as a light/medium winter smoke!, mine where 97's perfect draw....

[TomUfer]

Today I smoked a Plantation Reserve Corona and a Cuban Crafters Cubano Claro.

The Plantation Reserve was a little tight but burned well. The Cubano Claro was just a great cigar.

[Big_T_UK]

Had a very enjoyable afternoon and evening smoking with Deano.

I started with a Vegas Robaina Maestros (RE Spain). This was a bloody good cigar. I am not a Vegas Robaina fan, luke warm in general on this brand but gosh this is a jolly good smoke, if you can, try one, honest! Lots of flavour from the start which changes as you smoke but never in a displeasing way, a cigar that just keeps on giving.

Next was a Saint Luis Rey Pacificos (RE Asia Pacific). This was a light to medium smoke, very "green" (box was dated from early this year). Worth a smoke, but as the first of the day. Amongst those present the opinion was that with a few years this would improve but I was underwhelmed until the very end of the cigar.

The final cigar was the real disappointment of the day for me. At the London herf Ajay kindly gave everybody a San Cristobal Maralla (LCDH). I seemed to have misplaced mine along the way so made a point of trying one to see what I had missed. I was just so underwhelmed by this cigar. It started out with some pleasing flavour but soon went dead. The final third picked up a little as you would expect but really, for such a large cigar I was bored. I was expecting something full bodied, flavoursome and with a good amount of punch to it. I got very little of any of these until well into the final third. I spoke with a couple of fellow smokers who really know what they are talking about and they shared an interesting opinion. They like the Muralla but from the original release, not the production cigar. I have no information on this but apparently the original production run of this cigar was something special and the current cigar pails in comparison. This may be just in part to the age that the original sticks now have on them but also I suspect a different blend is also to blame.

I will take this chance to mention the Bolivar Simones (RE Canada). This is another bloody good cigar, I strongly suggest you try this and the VR Maestros if you can.

Good smoking everybody...

T.

[Pantomimehorse]

I agree Big T the Vegas is a top smoke, I bought a box in Madrid earlier in the year that Im trying to forget about, had a few while out there and fell in love!

[Big J]

Alec Bradley SCR Robusto....nice stick!

[Big_T_UK]

I am glad you agree about the RE cigar. You purchased a box, lucky so and so. LOL

T.